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The rice is only 6000 dong per kilo, ______ we bought 10 kilos.

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When's your birthday?
- It's ................

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All rental __________   must be paid 30 days prior to the event, or the event is subject to cancelation.

Seaward of the continental shelves lies the Arctic Basin proper, which is subdivided into a set of three parallel ridges and four basins (also  _______ as deeps).

The_______ of living here, of course, is that it is expensive.

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Not far  ________________  the train station lies Starlight Park, which is a popular destination for tourists and locals alike.

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Under the  _________  of new CEO Hiro Takashi, Toy & Joy Ltd. tripled its revenues.

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During tourist season, selling handmade crafts is a  _____________  source of income for local residents.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions: 

In spite of his being tortured, the captured soldier did not reveal the location of the camp.

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The developer was very confident that the new software would be much more effective than the  _______________  version.

When she got the news from her family, she could not do anything, ________ cry.

It seems that the thief took ............. of the open window and got inside that way.

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Due to the  ____________  snowfall in December, the mountain routes have been shut down this winter.

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Mobile Me,  __________  was established in 2010, is now the biggest mobile phone provider in the area.

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Protecting the environment is the duty of people live anywhere in the world.  

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The research and development team that John ------ is now performing extremely well.

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Please save spreadsheets periodically when updating them to prevent data from ________________.

I revised my views _____ comments from colleagues.

United Parcel Service (UPS) believes that its employees should give the firm a fair day’s work for a fair’s day pay. The package delivery firm seems willing to give more than a fair’s day pay. But in (35) ____, UPS expects maximum output from its employees. Since 1920s, the firm’s industrial engineers have been studying every detail of every task (36) ____ by most UPS employees. From their studies have come time and motion standards that (37) ____ how those tasks are performed and how long they should take. Drivers, for example, are expected to walk to a customer’s door at a speed of exactly three feet per second. They are told to knock as soon as they get there, rather than (38) ____ time looking for a doorbell. Work engineers are (39) ____ riding with drivers, timing everything from stops at traffic lights, to wait at customers’ doorway, to stairway climbs, to coffee break. And they are not (40) ____ to pointing out the occasional inefficiency. Additionally, supervisors ride with the least good drivers, noting how they work and constantly (41) ____ them until their work is up to standard. The (42) ____of all this work engineering is efficiency, and UPS has been called one of the most efficient companies anywhere. It's also a highly profitable company. Most drivers take the regimentation in stride: many show (43) ____ in meeting the UPS standards each day. Others, however, feel that they are constantly being pushed, that it is impossible for them to (44) ____ at work. UPS officials claim that the standards provide accountability. And, they say, employees who work according to UPS standards should feel less tired at the end of the day.
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After so many years, it is great to see him ____ his ambitions.

When I arrived at the meeting the first speaker______ speaking and the audience______